Pakistan

Indian drones neutralised in Lahore, Attock, Gujranwala, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Miano, Chor and near Karachi Dar says India dropped projectiles at Amritsar to incite anti-Pak sentiments among Sikh population One civilian martyred, four armed personnel injured in drone attacks Whole world will witness Pakistan’s.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday received a telephone call from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and discussed prevailing situation in the region.

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday said Pakistan has so far not targeted any location in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, or across international border, refuting Indian reports of shooting down its fighter jets.

RAWALPINDI: People gather in front of the wreckage of a restaurant’s shade outside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium after an alleged drone was shot down on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD - Amid rising regional tensions, prominent voices at the Regional Dialogue 2025, hosted by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), stressed the urgent need for a cohesive and strategic foreign policy on India, especially in the aftermath of the Pahalgam incident.

Islamabad - Following consultations with local authorities, Cambridge and the British Council have announced the cancellation of all Cambridge O Level, IGCSE, and International AS and A Level exams scheduled for 9 May (Friday), in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Islamabad Capital Territory, and Punjab province due to security concerns.

ISLAMABAD - The local police on Thursday disallowed Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur to meet incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for showing solidarity and support with Pakistan at this “critical time” following the Indian missile strikes in Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD - The lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday paid rich tributes to the Armed Forces for delivering a befitting and strong response to the Indian aggression.

ISLAMABAD - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday held a telephone call with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission (HR/VP), Kaja Kallas at the latter’s initiative.

LAHORE - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday adjourned until May 14 the hearing of a police application seeking permission to conduct polygraphic and photogrammetric tests on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder in connection with 12 cases linked to the May 9 violence.

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON - The US has assessed that Pakistani forces shot down an Indian jet during India’s air strikes on Pakistani territory, according to a senior US official with access to the latest assessments.

ISLAMABAD - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to meet today to consider ‘Pakistan - first review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program, request for modification of performance criteria and request for an arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility’.

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday removed the objections of registrar office on petitions for suspension of sentences of PTI founder and Bushra Bibi in 190 million pounds reference, and ordered to issue diary number.

Gujar khan - Former federal information minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday criticized India’s political trajectory, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of leveraging anti-Pakistan sentiment to advance his domestic agenda and appease Hindu nationalist supporters.

ISLAMABAD - The counsel of Islamabad High Court (IHC) five judges Thursday submitted that challenge regarding judges transfer is not only confined to Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar.

WASHINGTON: The US has called upon both Pakistan and India to hold “direct talks” to bring down tensions and said it will support any effort, including a neutral probe, to ensure the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack are brought to justice. In a press briefing on Thursday, Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokesperson, said the US was aware of Pakistan’s offer for a neutral investigation into the attack. “Pakistan wants an independent investigation … and [the US] want the perpetrators to be held accountable, and we are supportive of any efforts to that end,” she added. When asked if the two neighbours have offered any commitments, Ms Bruce said Secretary Rubio had been clear on two things: “that this should not escalate” and “communication was fundamentally key”. When the spokesperson was asked if the US shared India’s view that Pakistan was supporting terrorist groups, she refrained from affirming the accusation. She said the Pahalgam attack was “awful”, but the “back and forth and continuation” of attack...

ISLAMABAD: The proper mechanism for determining the seniority of judges remained under discussion before the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday, as it heard an inter-se seniority dispute between judges of the Islamabad High Court. Heading the five-judge CB, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar questioned whether the authority to determine the seniority of superior court judges should lie with the President or the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP). He also recalled how, under civil service procedures, when officers were transferred from the surplus pool to a different department, their seniority started from the bottom in the new department. He wondered whether there was any rule or convention for finalising the seniority of judges or whether it should be compared with civil service rules. The bench was hearing a joint petition filed by five IHC judges — Justices Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Babar Sattar, Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan and Saman Rafat Imtiaz — pleading that three transferred ...

AMERICAN officials have said that Pakistan shot down an Indian jet using fighter aircraft it acquired from China, CNN and Reuters reported on Thursday. CNN cited a senior US official saying as per their assessment, Pakistani forces shot down the jet during India’s air strikes inside Pakistan on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian Air Force jets, including three Rafales. Indian officials have yet to confirm the claim. When asked about the downed planes, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri didn’t answer the question directly, or issue a denial. He merely said that official information on this topic will be shared at the right time, BBC News reported. BBC terms video showing wreckage of French-made jet in Bathinda ‘authentic’ Earlier, on Wednesday, a high-ranking French intelligence official had told CNN that one Rafale fighter jet operated by the Indian Air Force was downed by Pakistan. Meanwhile, Reuters cited two US officials as saying that Pakistan had used the Chinese-made ...

RAWALPINDI/KARACHI: It took an hours-long meeting, consultations with all the stakeholders, before the Pakistan Cricket Board eventually decided that in the view of the escalating tensions with India, it was unsafe to hold the Pakistan Super League in the country. The show, however, will go on with the closing stages of this season’s PSL to be held in the United Arab Emirates. “The PCB confirms that the remaining fixtures of the HBL PSL X have been shifted to the UAE,” the PCB said in a statement in the early hours of Friday morning. “The exact sche­dule of matches, outlining the dates and venues, will be shared in due course.” Four matches of the league stage of the country’s glitzy T20 extravaganza are still to be held, which will decide which four teams advance to the playoffs. That, after Thursday’s match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings, which was to be held at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, was called off hours before the scheduled start time. Pakistan’s military on Thursday said it took down nearly...